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Profiling patterns of patient experiences of access to care and continuity at team-based primary healthcare clinics [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To identify different profiles of access to care and continuity experiences of patients registered at team-based primary healthcare clinics. Setting: 104 PHC clinics across Quebec, Canada. Study Design/Analysis: This cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2022 to April 2023.

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Misconceptions of Employer Sponsored Direct Primary Care (DPC)

Plum Health

DPC clinics provide members with: Personalized, preventive care Management of chronic conditions No co-pays or insurance billing Treatment of ailments and illnesses Same-day appointments and no wait times Unlimited appointment lengths 24/7 access to care Exams, labs, and testing Specialist referrals, as necessary And much more.

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Is your telehealth setup up to snuff? 7 quick checkpoints for practices

Physician's Practice

Telehealth is no longer an emergency patch; it’s a front-door service channel that patients expect to work every bit as cleanly as a clinic visit. The cracks show quickly: choppy audio erodes patient confidence, unsecured links expose protected health information, and mismatched billing codes can leave thousands of dollars on the table.

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Lead, follow or get out of the way

Physician's Practice

The doctor can bend the rules by informing the patient about the potential adverse effects. Did they have to wait long to obtain an appointment? For example, if you need to refer your patient to another physician for specialized attention, encourage staff to do the preliminary work and make the call and appointment for the patient.

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Bathrooms “R” Us

Physician's Practice

Examples from my practice If we tell a patient that we will return a call to them in two days with a report of a lab test and the results are not available, it is essential to inform the patient of the situation and provide them with an alternative date for when someone will call with the results.

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9 design tweaks to refresh your practice

Physician's Practice

Likewise, flow-oriented layouts have been linked to higher staff productivity and fewer late appointments. The nine tweaks that follow show how any clinic can freshen its look and feel without gutting the budget or closing the doors for a month-long renovation.

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Kerala resident doctors’ strike: a must win movement for the doctors and patients

Tiny Physician

Appointment of Non-Academic Junior Residents (NAJRs) till new batch of junior residents arrives. Resident doctors of Kerala The first demand was to appoint NAJRs to increase the manpower in the medical colleges. Nevertheless, the finance department withheld this yearly increase in stipend citing the COVID pandemic as a reason.